What says the clock when it strikes ONE?
“God loved the world and gave His Son.”
What says the clock when it strikes TWO?
“O glad, good news—He died for you!”
What does it say to sinners at THREE?
“Friend, can you say, He died for me?”
“Come now to Christ,” it says at FOUR;
“Enter at once the open door.”
“To enter life’s strait gate now strive,”
It urges you as it strikes FIVE.
It speaks at SIX of your fading day;
“Your life’s a vapor that passeth away.”
What says the clock as it now strikes SEVEN?
“Born again you must be, to enter Heaven.”
Hear its solemn chimes when striking EIGHT,
“If you longer wait, you may come too late.”
Then louder still it warns at NINE,
“No longer slight God’s love divine.”
With pleading voice it now strikes TEN.
“Why will ye die, ye sons of men?”
Sad words it utters as it tolls ELEVEN,
“Almost too late to enter Heaven.”
Now it’s TWELVE, and midnight—the die is cast,
’Tis Heaven or Hell for your soul at last.
Each tick of the clock, says, “Come to Me,
Your soul will be soon in ETERNITY.”
Jesus is the children’s Friend,
Loving, faithful to the end;
Richest gifts from Him descend,
Joy and peace.
’Twas our sinful souls to save
Thus His precious blood He gave;
Ransomed now from sin’s dark grave
We may sing.